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1 J. HATCH.

Tree-Protector.

No. 64,667. Patented May 14, 1867.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCE N2 I Be it known that I, JAMES Ilarcn, of Lynn,in the county of Essex, and State of Massachusetts, have invented animproved Apparatus for Destroying Insects upon Trees; and I do herebydeclare that the following, taken in connection with the drawings whichaccompany and form part of this specification, is a description of myinvention snificient to enable those skilled in the art to practise it.

The inventionrelates particularly to the manner of ellecting thedestruction of insects known as canker worms, aft-er their lodgincnt intrees, and while consuming the foliage thereot'.

As is well known, these insects every year ruin the Foliage ot' immensenumbers of fruit and ornamental trees, and particularly of apple trees.To destroy these worms, which are hatched by female and Wingless moths,which reach the branches by crawling up thetrunk, various devices orprotectors .are used to prevent these inoths from reaching the branches,such as tax-ring the trunks, surrounding them with troughs filled withoil or other fluid, or with strips of glass or mica; but none of thesemeans are fully effectual, as tar or fluid is soon bridged over, andglass'or other smooth surfaces become covered with dust, spiders webs,or other substance or substances, over which the insects readily crawl,and in using such devices much time, care, nd expense have to beincurrcd'to keep the protectors in order. I

In my invention I dispense with all these unreliable traps, and attackthew-nuns themselves, 'at'ter all the moths have ascended into the tree,and immediately after the worins are hatched, to etfect their utterdislodgmenti To do this, I cover the entire head of the tree with a thincloth'oi' close texture, drawing the edges around the trunk, so as toenvelop the branches in a sort of sack. Near the tree Ihave a furnace,over which is placed a pan containing tobaeco,'peppcr, or othersubstance, the smokc t'rom which will stupet'y or kill the wormsyandfrom this pan I lead a pipe directly into the sack. Applying heat to thepan by alamp, or by fuel introduced into the furnace, the smokegenerated from the tobacco or other substance in the pan is thrown intothe sack, and soon fills it, coming into contact with all the leaves,and either killing or instantly dislodging every worm, and all otherinsects which may be in the tree. It is the employment of this sack orcloth, in connection with the smoke-generating apparatus, and pipeleading therefrom into the sack, that constitutes my invention.

The drawing illustrates the invention.

(1 denotes the trunk of a tree, having a cloth, 5, drawn over and aroundits head, and tied around the trunk. c is a furnace, at the top of whichis a pan or receptacle, d, for containing the tobacco or other materialfrom which the smoke is to be generated. From this pan a pipe, 2,extends into the sack b, so that, while the tobacco is burning, itssmoke is delivered into the sack, until the head of the tree becomespermeated therewith, causing the entire destruction of the worms, whichdrop from the leaves as soon as the smoke touches them. By having a sackproperly made, and a portable fumigating furnace, an orchard may be soonentirely rid of these pests, and at a very small cost, compared to thecost incurred in using the devices designed to prevent the ascent of themoths, as a tree has to be smoked but once, and the same apparatusanswers for all the trees.

I claim the fnmigating' furnace c, pan (2, pipe 2, and sack or cloth I),when used together, in combination, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

' JAMES HATCH.

Witnesses:

F. GOULD,

M. W. FROTHINGHAM.

